Render and Animate

In addition to shading your 3-D models, you can also render and animate them. Various options are available to enable you to do this.

HiCAD Reality Studio
You can use the corresponding interface to convert HiCAD models directly into TGF files, which you can then further process using the HiCAD Reality Studio. The HiCAD Reality Studio offers you real-time rendering with real surface materials, mirroring, transparency as well as light and shade effects. This enables you to derive photo-quality images very quickly from your HiCAD 3-D model without having to produce a prototype. And you can even go one step further, creating films of your 3-D model with tracking shots and animated motion sequences and even setting them to music. The Reality Studio is optionally available. For detailed information, see the Online Help for the Reality Studio.

Saving Assembly, Transport and Movement Simulations in AVI Format.
HiCAD allows you to use the 3-D model to check and assess a product's assembly, transport and movement processes. This enables you to identify and remove any errors at an early stage. You can also make optimum use of these simulations in product presentations as you can derive films in AVI format directly from them.

Saving HCM Simulations in AVI Format
The HiCAD Constraints Manager enables you to perform motion analyses and function simulations on 3-D models, which can also be stored as videos in AVI format.

3-D models can be exported as 3D-PDF files. This interactive representation allows a viewing and evaluation of 3-D models from all sides, even without HiCAD. The models can be moved, rotated, zoomed etc. The file formats U3D and JT are also supported.

For more examples of simulations and rendered modelscan be found on our Internet pages (HiCAD > Success Stories > Product Models).